Oldham Road

Oldham Road

Flag of Oldham Road
Motto: "We will continue to prove that Oldham Road is, without question, the greatest dynasty ever created." -First Ruler Li Xiang 1996
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Region	The Spectrum
Capital	Two-eighty
Official Language(s)	English
Leader	First Ruler Li Xiang
Population	1.445 billion (as of 1/3/07)
Currency	Ego
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The Dynasty of Oldham Road, also known as O-Road or OR, is a massive, socially progressive and devout nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates and compulsery military service. Its omnipresent and slightly corrupt government works hard to make sure that Oldham Road is well defended and remains a religious and spiritual nation.

History

Oldham Road is a second generation member of The Spectrum having joined a long while after its creation. It is known to most nations for the controversy of invading the then Former Free Lands Of Ediroth. Despite this, Oldham Road would become the fifth UN Delegate of The Spectrum replacing the former UN Delegate of Buttery Boonswoggles. The highlights of Oldham Road's term as UN Delegate include; contributing to the large number of fourth generation nations joining The Spectrum and successfully helping to prevent a war between the nations of Mushy Pea and O Re Sa Ma. Oldham Road is a founding member of The Good Guys, along with Sherylannia, which now includes eight nations of The Spectrum.

In the past, Oldham Road was a massive pathway used by nations of The Spectrum to transport supply's from the Western nations of The Spectrum to the Eastern nations and vice-versa. Over time, people began to settle along the road and it soon developed into a small region. Bandits would then dominate the area for a over a decade, stealing goods from the merchants and soldiers from other nations travelling through the area. Eventually, the region became big enough to be classed as a nation. The four local bandit tribes then formed an alliance and named the area Oldham. However, this alliance wouldn't last very long and the four bandit tribes went to war with each other. The victor of the civil war was the tribe of Xiang, lead by its leader Xun Zhun. Xun then adopted the surname of Xiang, after his tribe, and also changed the name of his nation to Oldham Road, in honour of the nations past heritage. Before his death, Xun's subjects awarded him with the title of Emperor. Xun, was then succeeded by several generations of his family. Each new Emperor changing the political stance of the region, having a negative effect on the economy, but not however damaging the moral of the people. In the year of 1995 Emperor Hui Xiang (Xun Xiang's great-great grandchild) died without having children. This resulted in a brief power struggle between two of Hui Xiangs leaders to become Emperor. To end the power struggle, Oldham Road held its first election to decide the new leader. Hui Xiangs closest friend and adivsor, Li Meng, would win the election in 1996 and was given the title of First Ruler. Li Meng would then adopt the surname of Xiang. This would signal the end of the line of Emperors of Oldham Road, although the term Dynasty is still used to describe the political party of the nation.

Geography

Oldham Road is located in the central area of The Spectrum, sharing a boarder with Calumnius to the north-west, IKBTY to the north-east, Sherylannia to the south and Sabrateur to the west. Oldham Road also shares a border with the now barren wasteland formally known as Ediroth.

Physically, the north west of Oldham Road is dominated by a rugged mountainous region whereas the rest of the land is characterised by low altitudes, fertile river valleys and has a fairly flat landscape. The eastern lowlands receive summer rain, whereas it gets increasingly drier towards the west. Socially and economically, the north western regions remain underdeveloped while the the rest of the Oldham Road regions are more developed. This has resulted in a divide of the country and hostile attitudes by citizans from the north western regions of Oldham Road to the rest of the nation. The core of Oldham Road is considered to be the central plains. Today, the capital of Oldham Road is Two-eighty which is located in the southern area of the central plains.

Politics

Over several hundred years of its existance, the nation of Oldham Road has taken on a total of four different political stances. This is largely due to each new Emperor of the nation applying their own personal views to government proceedings. These four politcal stances, catagorised by the UN, include; Democratic Socialist, Inoffencive Centrist Democracy, Corrupt Dictatorship and Father Knows Best State.

Oldham Road has a reputation of not getting involved with political matters of the region and often taking situations too lightly. However, O-Road recently helped cause amendment to the Representative Democracy Act 2007 by objecting to clause 2. This is largely believed to be because it involved alterations to the postition of the UN Delegate. The politics of Oldham Road itself revolve around a rarely used political system, whilst keeping civil rights high. Oldham Road has always had a suffering economy larely due to the changing of political stances and corrupt government officials.